hiccups

this is 희진 (heejin). she's twelve years old, and she's been here since she was three. she's probably the most outgoing one which is why i have a photo of her. cutie.  

the other day, i started hiccuping and she looked at me like i was crazy person.. 

she said to me,"외국인들도 따국질을 해요?!" (foreigners hiccup too?!) it made me laugh, but i don't know what to think of it. 

children know what they're taught. they know what they see and hear and experience. i think i need to fully understand this. all children don't know a thing when they're born. then they get a little bit older and know only what they've been taught or what they've been shown. 

older people are responsible and older people are important to children. they're everything. so if you're a teacher or an older sister.. or brother.. or just someone older than 5.. be good to littler people. 

please. 

"At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! 

- Matthew 18:1-7

i wish i knew this when my sister was born. 

hannah